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The New Statesman | UK politics and culture

NS #229: Silly season special

The New Statesman | UK politics and culture

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🗓️ 3 August 2017

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Summary

Helen is joined by Anoosh Chakelian to ponder the fruits of this year's silly season. There's scandal and Scaramucci in Trump's White House. And debate over who should get passes to the UK lobby. They also share their thoughts on upcoming political plays and a new profile of Sadiq Khan. Plus, You Ask Us: Where is Jeremy Corbyn?

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0:00.0

This is a passenger announcement. You can now book your train on Uber and get 10% back in credits to spend on Uber eats.

0:11.0

So you can order your own fries instead of eating everyone else's.

0:15.0

Trains, now on Uber. T's and C's apply. Check the Uber app.

0:20.0

I'm David Arullovich. Listen to my new series from Tortoise, Eight Years Hard Labour.

0:25.9

It tells the extraordinary story of the double revolution that engulfed the Labour Party after 2015,

0:31.6

from centre left to hard left and back again, the battles and

0:35.7

disasters that accompanied them and the two men who led those revolutions,

0:39.7

Jeremy Corbyn and Kiea.

1:04.0

Listen to eight years hard labour wherever you get your podcasts. Hello I'm Helen and I'm a noosh and welcome to the new states from podcast. This week we covered the latest chaos at the Trump White House and say farewell to Anthony Garamucci.

1:10.0

Then we ask whether Partizan sites should get lobby passes.

1:13.0

And we took a bit more about political theatre and other political fiction.

1:16.5

Plus the New Yorker's profile of Sadiq Khan.

1:19.2

Then you ask us, where is Jeremy Corbyn?

1:30.0

Hello and welcome to our silly season special. Stephen is resting in a fur-lined box somewhere regenerating after having a

1:36.5

quite a busy election period so I'm joined by Anouche, hello Anouge. Hello,

1:40.8

hello. Hi. Let's um let's whip through the news stories of the week for anybody who has also been resting in a furline air control.

1:48.0

Air-conditioned box, that's how I imagine him.

1:50.0

In like one of those...

1:51.0

In a suit.

1:52.0

In a blue suit. Yeah, like one of those you know when people buy a doll and they

1:56.2

really don't want it to kind of yeah manked with the t y tag still on his ear yeah

2:00.9

yeah anyway that's probably what he's doing.

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